Germany national rugby sevens team

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Germany
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Wolfpack
UnionDeutscher Rugby-Verband
Head coachDamian McGrath
CaptainCarlos Soteras Merz
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Second colours
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Appearances0

The German national rugby sevens team competes in the top-level European sevens competition, the Sevens Grand Prix Series. In 2012, Germany finished eleventh out of twelve teams and avoided relegation. The team also unsuccessfully took part in the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying tournament in Moscow in July 2012.

In 2015 Germany qualified to the Final 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament, where they failed to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

In 2019 the German national team won the 2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series, an equivalent to European Championships in other team sports.

History[]

The german national rugby sevens team at the Oktoberfest Sevens in Munich 2017

The team has taken part in the Hong Kong Sevens tournament in the past, its greatest success being a win in the Bowl final in 1990, beating Thailand 28–12.[2] In the 1990s, the team, captained by Rainer Kumm, took part in a number of international tournaments including the Punta del Este Sevens in 1997, where they lost to Argentina in the plate final and the Paris Sevens in 1996, 1997 (when they defeated Romania in the bowl final) and 1998 (bowl finalists, losing to Japan in the final).

Kumm retired in 2000 to take up coaching and was replaced as captain by Mark Schulze, who led the team to the 2000 Sri Lanka Sevens, where they reached the cup semi-final, having won their pool and defeated Hong Kong in the quarter-final.

In 2000 the German Rugby Federation celebrated its centenary. Centenary celebrations included the hosting in 2000 the European leg of qualifying for the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Heidelberg, followed by a Centenary banquet in the Heidelberg Castle. In the tournament the German team thrashed Switzerland and Yugoslavia and lost 12–35 to Ireland, who had Gordon D'Arcy in their line-up.

In 2005 Germany hosted the 2005 World Games were Germany participated in the rugby sevens tournament. After losing all three games on the first day of the tournament, Germany went on to the Bowl semifinals were they lost 35-12 against France and 31-17 against Japan in the Seventh Place final.

After years of playing in the lower ranks of the Sevens Grand Prix, Germany started a continuous uprise which ultimately led to a second place in the 2018 Sevens Grand Prix behind Ireland and to winning the 2019 Sevens Grand Prix in front of France. Since 2016 they participated four times in the Hong Kong Sevens Qualifier where they reached the finals two times.

Tournament history[]

World Cup Sevens record[]

Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Scotland 1993 Did Not Qualify
Hong Kong 1997
Argentina 2001
Hong Kong 2005
United Arab Emirates 2009
Russia 2013
United States 2018
Total 0 Titles 0/6 0 0 0 0

Summer Olympics record[]

Olympic Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Did Not Qualify
Japan 2020
Total 0 Titles 0/0 0 0 0 0

World Rugby Sevens Series[]

World Series Record
Season Position
1999–00 22nd
2000–01 Did Not Participate
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04 15th
2004–05 Did Not Participate
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09 17th
2009–10 Did Not Participate
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20 TBA
Total 0 Titles

World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series[]

Sevens Challenger Series Record
Year Round Position
Chile Uruguay 2020 Third Place 3rd

World Games[]

World Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2001 Akita Did Not Qualify
2005 Duisburg 7th Place Finalist 8th 5 0 5 0
2009 Kaohsiung Did Not Qualify
2013 Cali

Sevens Grand Prix Series[]

Grand Prix Record
Year Round Position
Germany 2002 Third Place 3rd
Germany 2003 Fourth Place 4th
Spain 2004 Fifthteen Place 15th
Russia 2005 Sixth Place 6th
Russia 2006 Not played
Germany 2007 Ninth Place 9th
Germany 2008 Seventh Place 7th
Germany 2009 Ninth Place 9th
Russia 2010 Not played
European Union Champions 1st (promoted)
European Union 2012 Eleventh Place 11th
France Romania 2013 Eleventh Place 11th
European Union 2014 Tenth Place 10th
European Union 2015 Fifth Place 5th
European Union 2016 Fourth Place 4th
European Union 2017 Fifth Place 5th
European Union 2018 Runners-up 2nd
Russia Poland 2019 Champions 1st
Portugal Russia 2021 Runners-up 2nd
Total 1 Title 15/18

Honours[]

Sevens Grand Prix Series

Current squad[]

Squad at 2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series (men): [3]

  • Fabian Heimpel (RG Heidelberg)
  • Tim Lichtenberg (RG Heidelberg)
  • Bastian Himmer (RG Heidelberg)
  • Carlos Soteras Merz (RG Heidelberg)
  • Tim Biniak (RG Heidelberg)
  • Sebastian Fromm (RG Heidelberg)
  • Manasah Sita (SC Neuenheim)
  • Leon Hees (RK Heusenstamm)
  • Zani Dembele (Castres Olympique)
  • Jacobus Otto (TSV Handschuhsheim)
  • Anjo Buckman (TSV Handschuhsheim)
  • Phil Szczesny (Hannover 78)
  • Jarrod Saul (Hannover 78)
  • Jonathon Dawe (Worthing Raiders RFC)

References[]

  1. ^ Der DRV-Arbeitsplan “Rugby auf dem Weg nach Olympia 2016” (in German) totalrugby.de, author: Claus-Peter Bach, published: 19 October 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2010
  2. ^ Hong Kong Sevens finals: 1990's Archived 6 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Hong Kong Sevens official website. Retrieved 9 February 2009
  3. ^ Kader für Sevens Challenger Series in Südamerika steht” (in German) rugby-verband.de, published: 4 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2010

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